Introducing STARTIFY7: Thematically-focused and lean-training summer academy system for young future ICT entrepreneurs Liverpool, UK– September 2016 ICT-35-2014-b

Participant organisation name 1.1.2 The Challenge of STARTIFY7: Connect existing and thematically-focused European young ICT training structures through a real-world team-building and lean-training process Our Partnership Participant organisation name Country The University of Sheffield UK Associazione Trento RISE IT Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg DE University of Almeria ES South East European Research Center GR University of Twente NL University of Economics in Katowice PL European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs AISBL BE UnternehmerTUM GmbH Europe Unlimited SA i4G SA - Incubation for Growth S.A

Our Aim The core challenge for STARTIFY7 is to connect with existing ICT enterprise training structures through out 7 thematic learning academies which will combine lean start-up training with team-building for young people

Our Project The target outcomes of STARTIFY7 The creation of a European wide system of Summer Academies for university and last year high school students entirely focused on ICT entrepreneurship. The summer academies will be action oriented and include activities such as ICT and entrepreneurial skills development; experimenting, mentoring; support for business planning and setting up your company; matchmaking; generation and development of ICT-related business ideas. Complement, extend and enrich similar existing actions while focusing on the ICT sector and excellence. Increased practical entrepreneurial skills amongst students that will allow them to pursue their entrepreneurial aspirations, to start and grow your business or use them in their career.

Our Academies Over the summers’ of 2015 and 2016 there will be 7 academies: Proposed 2015 Summer Academies Sheffield Summer Academy in Digital Healthcare Trento Summer Academy in Cyber Security: Nuremberg Summer Academy in Cyber-Physical-Systems and Internet of Things Proposed 2016 Summer Academies Almeria Summer Academy focused Industrial Simulations Thessaloniki Summer Academy focused on Games Katowice Summer Academy focused on Next Generation Enterprise Information Systems Enschede Summer Academy focused on Social and enterprise networks

STARTIFY7 training rationale Promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship through various programmes makes a difference STARTIFY7 will emphasise learning-by-doing in 7 different thematic contexts The goal is to promote insight and foster the conditions for young ICT entrepreneurs to flourish

Curriculum Design Component Description C1 Technical and IT-related knowledge in the field of [ACADEMY] C2 Awareness of real world business challenges and opportunities in the field of [ACADEMY] C3 Principles of lean business planning in the [ACADEMY] sector C4 Awareness of the startup ecosystem and support available across Europe S1 Opportunity Identification S2 Design thinking (person centred approach to meeting needs) S3 Planning pitches S4 Delivering pitches S5 Team formation, Teamwork, Working in groups S6 Time management S7 Negotiating A1 Entrepreneurial orientation A2 Flexibility in entrepreneurial contexts A3 Creativity in entrepreneurial contexts A4 Initiative/Leadership in entrepreneurial contexts A5 Problem Solving in entrepreneurial contexts A6 Risk understanding/taking in entrepreneurial contexts A7 Responsibility in entrepreneurial contexts

Impact of STARTIFY7 Core Knowledge Figure 1: Pre-academy and post-academy self-reported perception of Knowledge (C1-C4)

Impact of STARTIFY7 Core knowledge Figure 2: Extent to which participants deemed the STARTIFY7 academy to have developed their Knowledge (C1-C4)

Impact of STARTIFY7 Key Skills Figure 3: Pre-academy and post-academy self-reported perception of Skills (S1-S7)

Impact of STARTIFY7 Key Skills Figure 4: Extent to which participants deemed the STARTIFY7 academy to have developed their Skills (S1-S7)

Impact of STARTIFY7 Key Attitudes Figure 5: Pre-academy and post-academy self-reported perception of Attitudes (A1-A7)

Impact of STARTIFY7 Key Attitudes Figure 6: Extent to which participants deemed the STARTIFY7 academy to have developed their Attitudes (A1-A7)

Conclusions Reflecting on the project to-date, there have been some initial signs of success Too early to say with certainty how the impact of STARTIFY7 will play out in the longer-term but making a difference to participants Developing and delivering STARTIFY7 has been refined across the two cycles as a model of interactive learning with stakeholder and business engagemenyy

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